GPN vs. FI, PAYX, FIS, BR, JKHY, WEX, G, MMS, EEFT, and EXLS
Should you be buying Global Payments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Payments include Fiserv (FI), Paychex (PAYX), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), WEX (WEX), Genpact (G), Maximus (MMS), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), and ExlService (EXLS). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.
Fiserv (NYSE:FI) and Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends and earnings.
Fiserv has a net margin of 16.68% compared to Fiserv's net margin of 13.40%. Global Payments' return on equity of 15.73% beat Fiserv's return on equity.
Fiserv presently has a consensus target price of $164.83, suggesting a potential upside of 10.18%. Global Payments has a consensus target price of $149.11, suggesting a potential upside of 53.28%. Given Fiserv's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Global Payments is more favorable than Fiserv.
Global Payments received 321 more outperform votes than Fiserv when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.28% of users gave Global Payments an outperform vote while only 62.58% of users gave Fiserv an outperform vote.
Fiserv has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Payments has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Fiserv has higher revenue and earnings than Global Payments. Global Payments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fiserv, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Fiserv had 3 more articles in the media than Global Payments. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Fiserv and 9 mentions for Global Payments. Fiserv's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Global Payments' score of 1.29 indicating that Global Payments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
91.0% of Fiserv shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Global Payments shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Fiserv shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Global Payments shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Fiserv beats Global Payments on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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